Saturday, August 21, 2010

Today was the day to make some jelly. We grow yummy muscadines and they make wonderful jelly. Sweet and tart at the same time. I really enjoy making jelly. It is simple and there is such a feeling of accomplishment when you are done. But, at the end you are Tired with a capital T.

Start with just ripe muscadines.

Add a Sweet Abbie

Add a James who is all boy and turns everything into a weapon

Squeeze the juice out (This is the part everyone wants to do. Surprisingly no one wants to clean up the sticky mess).

End the day with yummy muscadine and peach jelly. And just in time too. We are out from last year.

Come back Monday morning bright and early for a Southern Girl's Giveaway. And you don't have to be a Southern Girl to enter-but I might convince you to become one!

7 comments:

I have a strainer just like yours! It was my Grandmother's. I think she brought to WA with her when they moved up from Oklahoma in the forties. I love it! I've never seen another one like it until now. I don't now what muscadines are though...

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